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O'dea Surname Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh, ‘descendant of Deaghadh’, a personal name of uncertain origin.

It may be a compound of deagh- ‘good’ + ádh ‘luck’, ‘fate’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


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You can see how O'dea families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O'dea family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1871 and 1920. The most O'dea families were found in USA in 1880. In 1871 there was 1 O'dea family living in Perthshire. This was about 50% of all the recorded O'dea's in Scotland. Perthshire and 1 other county had the highest population of O'dea families in 1871.
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